Cloth-rubbing device.



W11'. STEEEINS E M. El BERGER.

.GEE'TE EUBBING DEVICE. AIQPLIGATION FILED APB. 10, 1912.

19964,?84. Patented June 17, 1913.

Mmmm@ UNTE@ STATES T WALTER A. STEBBINS AND MATTHEW R. BERGER, OF PHLAELFHB, PENNSYLVANA.

CLOTH-RUBBNG DEVICE.

reserves Speccation of Letters Patent.

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Application filed April 1D, i912. Serial No. l'?.

To all 'zo/0m 2L may concern:

Be it known that: We, YiVm/rim A. BINS and MATTHEW R. BERGER. citizens of the United States. residing at Philadelphia. in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (lloth-lluhbing Devices. of whieh the following is a specifieation. l

Our invention relates to improvements in Cloth ruhbinkgT devices, and more partienlarly to an apparatus for removing` the shine or glossfroin woven or other tahrie. such for example as wearing' apparel.

n.. further ohjeet is to provide a simple. inexpensive. portalileartiele of manufacture. whieh may be sold at a reasonahle low eost. and whieh will most eileetuallv remove the shine or `loss from rlothiue; and other goods.

lllit'h these and other ohjeets in view. the invention consists iu eertaiu novel latures ot` eoustruetion and eoxnhinatious and ari-aiireiiie1its ol parts. as will he more 'tullv lnreina'lter deserihed and pointed out in the elaiin.

ln the aeeompanving drawings: l"i ure l. is a perspeetive view illusti line our improvements, Fin: L). is a hottom plan view with the hottoin plate removed. and Fie'. il. (llt is n view in seetiou onl the line il Fie'. i'.

l. represents a rasiuej prel'erahlv vol 1renter length than hreadth havin;r its side edges rounded forming' a read)v hand `'rip. This easing` is provided with a reiuovahle bottom 2, reetangular in loi-m. aud havine flanges at its side edges whieh are pressed into position on. and hold themselvesl on the Casing'. The hoptom 2 is provided with three openings flthrough whieh rolls .i and 6 projeet. The rolls nre seeured upon a shaft 7 supported atY its ends iu hearings iii the ends of the easing'. and these rollers are spaced apart as seen most elearlv in Fig. 2. The roller C is'seeured upon a shai't h parellel tio shaft 7, and the roller (l is of a diameter sul'lieientto project between the roll- 'lrietion on the goods.

ers @n the shafts 'i and 8, intermesliing gears 9 are located, so that the shallts are always compelled to turn in opposite directions.

ln operation, the easing is grasped in the hand of the user. and the rollers moved back and', forward over the @armeni or goods. :is the rollers are pleielf ly cov ered with sand paper. emery, or other abra sive material. thev will exert considerable Either the rollers (i or the rollers 5 will be turning in e. direction opposite to the movement,v of 'the deviee. so that they will cause the goods to he roue'hened. When the device is moved haelv'wardlv and orwardlfvf over the goods. the gloss or polish is soon remoif'ed. because the threads of the goods stand up and sepa.- rate.

rllie hot'toin plate E2 not' onlyY serves lie purpose oli preventing' entanglement with the gears. hut' it also holds the goods against a too free engagement with the rollers. Tn other words. the rollers proieel tvhrouef" the hot'tom plate a .flistanee oni)Y sn'iii 'a to propel-lv en eaee the goods. and si, i e prevents ine thre:V1 foods heingf earried around with the rollers.

lvarious slight ehanees might he made in the general torm and arrangement of parts deserihed without depariinjg' from our invention. and heure we do not, limit ourselves to the preeise details set' foi-th. hul; eonsider ourselves al liherljf to malte sueli ehanees und alterations as iiuilv 'fall Within the spirit and seope ol the grppended elaim.

llavine thus deserihed our invengion. what we elnim as new and desire to seenre h v la-tiers lnt'ent is:

.\s a new artiele o manul'aelure. u glv'iss or polish removing' deviee lor woven fnl ries eonsistine' oE :i easing" having openings in its` hottoni, a large eeutrallv vlisposed roller and n pair of smaller side rollers projertnreq through said openings and having t'rietion mnleiial on their i'ieriph eries. and `rearr eonneetiirey said rollers,

whereby the movement of the rollers over names to 4this specification in the presence the surface to be treated causes one roller of two subscribingwitnesses.

to turn in one direction and through the VALTER A. STEBBINS. medium of the gears, compel the other roller MATTHEW R. BERGER. 5 to move in the opposite direction, Substan- Witnesses:

tially as described.,. S. W. FOSTER,

In testimony whereof We have signed our C. R. ZIEGLER. 

